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| Restos del acorazado USS Maine tras la explosión. // |
El 25 de enero de 1898, el acorazado norteamericano Maine entró en la bahía de La Habana. El gobierno estadounidense afirmó que era una visita de rutina, como era habitual hasta hacía pocos años.
Pero desde 1895 se libraba en Cuba una sangrienta guerra entre las autoridades españolas y el movimiento independentista cubano, y a nadie se le escapaba que Estados Unidos estaba al borde de intervenir militarmente en favor de los insurgentes.
Solo hubo 95 supervivientes: 83 marineros y 12 infantes de marina. Todos los suboficiales a bordo del USS Maine murieron en la explosión, ahogados o a causa de sus heridas. No figuraba ningún suboficial entre los supervivientes. Veintidós de ellos eran afro americanos.
El informe llegó al Congreso de Estados Unidos el 29 de marzo y se convirtió en el pretexto directo para declararle la guerra a España el 25 de abril. Al grito de "¡Recordad el Maine y al infierno con España!", Estados Unidos liquidó en tres meses y medio la centenaria presencia española en América y Asia.
A continuación una lista de oficiales, marineros e infantes de marina del USS Maine en el momento de la explosión, el quince de Febrero de 1898
- BLANDIN, JOHN J., LIEUTENANT.
- [Nota del editor: Aunque figura oficialmente como superviviente, Blandin falleció a consecuencia de la explosión del 16 de julio de 1898].
- BLOW, GEORGE P., LIEUTENANT
- [Para entonces Blow ya había sido ascendido a teniente]
- BOYD, DAVID F. JR., NAVAL CADET
- BOWERS, FREDERIC C., PASSED ASSISTANT ENGINEER
- BRONSON, AMON, NAVAL CADET
- CATLIN, ALBERTUS W., MARINE, FIRST LIEUTENANT
- CHIDWICK, JOHN P., CHAPLAIN
- CLUVERIUS, WATT T., NAVAL CADET
- CRENSHAW, ARTHUR, NAVAL CADET, ENGINEERING DIVISION
- HELMS, GEORGE, CARPENTER
- HENEBERGER, LUCIEN G., SURGEON
- HILL, JOSEPH, GUNNER
- HOLDEN, JONAS H., NAVAL CADET
- HOLMAN, GEORGE F. W., LIEUTENANT
- HOOD, JOHN, LIEUTENANT
- HOWELL, CHARLES P., CHIEF ENGINEER
- JENKINS, FRIEND W., LIEUTENANT
- JUNGEN, CARL W., LIEUTENANT
- LARKIN, FRANCIS E., BOATSWAIN
- MCCARTY, B., PAY CLERK
- MERRITT, DARWIN R., ASSISTANT ENGINEER
- MORRIS, JOHN R., ASSISTANT ENGINEER
- RAY, CHARLES M., PAYMASTER
- SIGSBEE, CHARLES D., CAPTAIN COMMANDING VESSEL
- WAINWRIGHT, RICHARD, LIEUTENANT COMMANDER
- WASHINGTON, POPE, NAVAL CADET, ENGINEERING DIVSION
- ENLISTED MENADAMS, JOHN T., COAL PASSER
- AITKEN, JAMES P., BOATSWAIN'S MATE, FIRST CLASS
- ALLEN, JAMES W., MESS ATTENDANT
- ANDERSEN, HOLM A., COAL PASSER
- ANDERSON, AXEL C., SEAMAN
- ANDERSON, CHARLES, LANDSMAN
- ANDERSON, JOHN, BOATSWAIN'S MATE, SECOND CLASS
- ANDERSON, GUSTAV A., SEAMAN
- ANDERSON, OSKAR, COCKSWAIN
- ANDREWS, FRANK, ORDINARY SEAMAN
- ANFINDSEN, ABRAHAM, COXSWAIN
- ANTHONY, WILLIAM, MARINE PRIVATE
- ANGLUNG, BERNHARD, BLACKSMITH
- AUCHENBACH, HARRY, FIREMAN, SECOND CLASS
- AWO, FIRSANION, STEERAGE COOK
- BARRY, JOHN P., APPRENTICE, FIRST CLASS
- BARRY, LEWIS L., COAL PASSER
- BAUM, HENRY S., LANDSMAN
- BECKER, JAKOB, CHIEF MACHINIST
- BELL, JOHN R., CABIN STEWARD
- BENNETT, JOHN, MARINE PRIVATE
- BLOOMER, JOHN H., LANDSMAN
- BOOKBINDER, JOHN, APPRENTICE, SECOND CLASS
- BOLL, FRITZ, BAYMAN
- BONNER, LEON, SEAMAN
- BOTTING, VINCENT H., MARINE PRIVATE
- BOYLE, JAMES, QUARTERMASTER, FIRST CLASS
- BRINKMAN, HEINRICH, SEAMAN
- BROFELDT, ARTHUR, CHIEF GUNNER'S MATE
- BROSNAN, GEORGE, MARINE PRIVATE
- BROWN, JAMES T., MARINE SERGEANT
- BRUNS, ADOLF C.
QUARTERMASTER, THIRD CLASS
Bibliography:
Blow, John, personal correspondence with the editors.
Clerk of the Joint Committee on Printing, The Abridgement. Message From the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress. Vol. IV (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1899), p. 11-14.
- BULLOCK, CHARLES H., GUNNER'S MATE, SECOND CLASS
- BURKHARDT, ROBERT, QUARTERMASTER, SECOND CLASS
- BURNS, EDWARD, COAL PASSER
- BURNS, JAMES R., MARINE PRIVATE
- BUTLER, FREDERICK F., MACHINIST, SECOND CLASS
- CAHILL, FRANCIS D., LANDSMAN
- CAINE, THOMAS, BLACKSMITH
- CAMERON, WALTER, SEAMAN
- CARR HERBERT M., GUNNER'S MATE, SECOND CLASS
- CAULFIELD, WILLIAM R. B., LANDSMAN
- CHINGI, SUKE, MESS ATTENDANT
- CHRISTIANSEN, CHARLES A., FIREMAN, FIRST CLASS
- CHRISTIANSEN, KARL, FIREMAN, FIRST CLASS
- CLARK, THOMAS, COAL PASSER
- CLARKE, JAMES C., SHIPWRIGHT
- COCHRANE, MICHAEL, FIREMAN, FIRST CLASS
- COFFEY, JOHN, MARINE PRIVATE
- COLE, THOMAS M., BAYMAN
- COLEMAN, WILLIAM, ORDINARY SEAMAN
- COLEMAN, WILLIAM, FIREMAN, SECOND CLASS
- CONROY, ANTHONY, COAL PASSER
- COSGROVE, WILLIAM, FIREMAN, SECOND CLASS
- CRONIN, DANIEL, LANDSMAN
- CURRAN, CHARLES, COCKSWAIN
- DAHLMAN, BERGER, SEAMAN
- DAVID, GEORGE, ORDINARY SEAMAN
- DENNIG, CHARLES, SEAMAN
- DIERKING, JOHN H., MARINE DRUMMER
- DOLAN, JOHN, SEAMAN
- DONOUGHY WILLIAM, ORDINARY SEAMAN
- DOWNING, MICHAEL J., MARINE PRIVATE
- DRESSLER, GUSTAV J., APPRENTICE, FIRST CLASS
- DRURY, JAMES, FIREMAN, FIRST CLASS
- DURCKIN, THOMAS J., ORDINARY SEAMAN
- EDLER, GEORGE, SEAMAN
- EIERMANN, CHARLES F. W., GUNNER'S MATE FIRST CLASS
- ERIKSON, ANDREW V., SEAMAN
- ETTS, JOHN P., SEAMAN
- EVENSEN, KARL, SEAMAN
- FADDE, CHARLES F. J., APPRENTICE, FIRST CLASS
- FALK, RUDOLPH, OILER
- FAUBEL, GEORGE D., CHIEF MACHINIST
- FEWER, WILLIAM J., BOATSWAIN'S MATE, SECOND CLASS
- FINCH, TRUBIE, APPRENTICE, FIRST CLASS
- FISHER, ALFRED J., OILER
- *FISHER, FRANK, ORDINARY SEAMAN
- FLAHERTY, MICHAEL, FIREMAN, FIRST CLASS
- FLEISHMAN, LEWIS M., SEAMAN
- FLYNN, MICHAEL, SEAMAN
- FLYNN, PATRICK, FIREMAN, SECOND CLASS
- FOLEY, PATRICK J., APPRENTICE, FIRST CLASS
- FOUGERE, JOHN, COAL PASSER
- FOUNTAIN, BARTLEY, BOATSWAIN'S MATE, FIRST CLASS
- FOX, GEORGE, LANDSMAN
- FRANK, CHARLES, APPRENTICE, FIRST CLASS
- FURLONG, JAMES F., COAL PASSER
- GAFFNEY, PATRICK, FIREMAN, FIRST CLASS
- GALPIN, C. P., MARINE PRIVATE
- GARDNER, FRANK, COAL PASSER
- GARDNER, THOMAS J., CHIEF YEOMAN
- GARTRELL, WILLIAM M., FIREMAN, FIRST CLASS
- GERMOND, C. V., MARINE PRIVATE
- GORDON, JOSEPH F., FIREMAN, FIRST CLASS
- GORMAN, WILLIAM H., ORDINARY SEAMAN
- GRADY, PATRICK, COAL PASSER
- GRAHAM, EDWARD P., COAL PASSER
- GRAHAM, JAMES A., CHIEF YEOMAN
- GREER, WILLIAM A., APPRENTICE, FIRST CLASS
- GRIFFIN, MICHAEL, FIREMAN, SECOND CLASS
- GROSS, HENRY, LANDSMAN
- GRUPP, REINHARDT, COAL PASSER
- HALLBERG, ALFRED, COCKSWAIN
- HALLBERG, JOHN A., OILER
- HAM, AMBROSE, APPRENTICE, FIRST CLASS
- HAMBURGER, WILLIAM, LANDSMAN
- HAMILTON, CHARLES A., APPRENTICE, FIRST CLASS
- HAMILTON, JOHN, CHIEF CARPENTER'S MATE
- HANRAHAN, WILLIAM C., COCKSWAIN
- HARLEY, DANIEL O.C., FIREMAN, SECOND CLASS
- HARRIS, EDWARD, WATER TENDER
- HARRIS, MILLARD F., QUARTERMASTER, THIRD CLASS
- HARRIS, WESTMORE, MESS ATTENDANT
- HARTY, THOMAS J., COAL PASSER
- HASSELL, CHARLES F., GUNNER'S MATE, THIRD CLASS
- HAUCK, CHARLES, LANDSMAN
- HAWKINS, HOWARD B., ORDINARY SEAMAN
- HEFFRON, JOHN, ORDINARY SEAMAN
- HENNEKES, ALBERT B., GUNNER'S MATE, SECOND CLASS
- HERBERT, JOHN, LANDSMAN
- HERNESS, ALFRED B., GUNNER'S MATE, THIRD CLASS
- HERRIMAN, BENJAMIN H., APPRENTICE, FIRST CLASS
- HOLLAND, ALFRED J., COCKSWAIN
- HOLM, GUSTAV, BOATSWAIN'S MATE, SECOND CLASS
- HOLZER, FREDERICK C., ORDINARY SEAMAN
- HORN, WILLIAM J., FIREMAN, FIRST CLASS
- HOUGH, WILLIAM L., LANDSMAN
- HUGHES, PATRICK, FIREMAN, FIRST CLASS
- HUTCHINGS, ROBERT, LANDSMAN
- ISHIDA, OTOGIRO, STEERAGE COOK
- JECTSON, HARRY, SEAMAN
- JENCKS, CARLTON, GUNNER'S MATE, THIRD CLASS
- JERNEE, FRED, COAL PASSER
- JOHANSEN, PETER, C., SEAMAN
- JOHNSON, ALFRED, SEAMAN
- JOHNSON, CHARLES, ORDINARY SEAMAN
- JOHNSON, CHARLES E., MARINE PRIVATE
- JOHNSON, GEORGE, COAL PASSER
- JOHNSON, JOHN W., LANDSMAN
- JOHNSSON, PETER, OILER
- JONES, THOMAS J., COAL PASSER
- JORDAN, WILLIAM J., MARINE PRIVATE
- JUST, CHARLES F., APPRENTICE, FIRST CLASS
- KANE, JOSEPH H., LANDSMAN
- KANE, MICHAEL, COAL PASSER
- KAY, JOHN A., MACHINIST, FIRST CLASS
- KEAN, EDWARD P., MARINE PRIVATE
- KELLY, HUGH, COAL PASSER
- KELLY, FRANK, MARINE PRIVATE
- KELLY, JOHN, COAL PASSER
- KESKULL, ALEXANDER, SEAMAN
- KEYS, HARRY J., ORDINARY SEAMAN
- KIHLSTROM, FRITZ, ORDINARY SEAMAN
- KINSELLA, THOMAS F., MACHINIST, SECOND CLASS
- KINSEY, FREDERICK E., MACHINIST, SECOND CLASS
- KITAGATA, YUKICHI, WARRANT OFFICERS' COOK
- KNIESE, FREDERICK H., MACHINIST, FIRST CLASS
- KOEBLER, GEORGE W., APPRENTICE, FIRST CLASS
- KRANYAK, CHARLES, APPRENTICE, FIRST CLASS
- KRUSE, HUGO, PAINTER
- KUSHIDA, KATSUSABURO, WARRANT OFFICER'S STEWARD
- LAIRD, CHARLES, MASTER-AT-ARMS, THIRD CLASS
- LAMBERT, WILLIAM, FIREMAN, SECOND CLASS
- LANAHAN, MICHAEL, LANDSMAN
- LANCASTER, LUTHER, BOATSWAIN'S MATE, SECOND CLASS
- LAPIERRE, GEORGE, APPRENTICE, FIRST CLASS
- LARSEN, MARTIN, SEAMAN
- LARSEN, PEDER, SEAMAN
- LAURIETTE, GEORGE M., MARINE PRIVATE
- LAWLER, EDWARD, COAL PASSER
- LEAGUE, JAMES M., CHIEF YEOMAN
- LEE, WILLIAM J., APPRENTICE, FIRST CLASS
- LEENE, DANIEL, COAL PASSER
- LEES, SAMUEL, ORDINARY SEAMAN
- LEUPOLD, GUSTAV. FIREMAN, SECOND CLASS
- LEWIS, DANIEL, OILER
- LEWIS, JOHN B., WATER TENDER
- LIEBER, GEORGE, APPRENTICE, FIRST CLASS
- LOAD, JOHN B., MASTER-AT-ARMS, THIRD CLASS
- LOFTUS, PAUL, MARINE PRIVATE
- LOHMAN, CHARLES A., COAL PASSER
- LORENZEN, JORGEN J., OILER
- LOSKO, PETER A., MARINE PRIVATE
- LOUDEN, JAMES, W., APPRENTICE, SECOND CLASS
- LOWELL, CLARENCE E., ORDINARY SEAMAN
- LUND, WILLIAM, COCKSWAIN
- LUTZ, JOSEPH, MARINE PRIVATE
- LYDON, JOHN T., ORDINARY SEAMAN
- LYNCH, BERNARD, FIREMAN, FIRST CLASS
- LYNCH, MATTHEW, COAL PASSER
- MACK, THOMAS, LANDSMAN
- MALONE, MICHAEL, FIREMAN, SECOND CLASS
- MARSDEN, BENJAMIN L., APPRENTICE, FIRST CLASS
- MARSHALL, JOHN E., LANDSMAN
- MARTENSSON, JOHAN, GUNNER'S MATE, THIRD CLASS
- MASON, JAMES H., LANDSMAN
- MATIASEN, CARL, SEAMAN
- MATTISEN, WILLIAM, ORDINARY SEAMAN
- MATTSEN, EDWARD, ORDINARY SEAMAN
- MATZA, JOHN, COAL PASSER
- MCCANN, HARRY, SEAMAN
- MCDERMOTT, JOHN, MARINE PRIVATE
- MCDEVITT, WILLIAM, MARINE PRIVATE
- MCGONIGLE, HUGH, FIREMAN, SECOND CLASS
- MCGUINNESS, WILLIAM, MARINE PRIVATE
- MCKAY, EDWARD, MARINE PRIVATE
- MCMANUS, JOHN J., FIREMAN, SECOND CLASS
- MCNAIR, WILLIAM, ORDINARY SEAMAN
- MCNIECE, FRANCIS J., COAL PASSER
- MEEHAN, MICHAEL, MARINE SERGEANT
- MEILSTRUP, ELMER M., ORDINARY SEAMAN
- MELVILLE, THOMAS, COAL PASSER
- MERZ, JOHN, LANDSMAN
- MERO, ELDON H., CHIEF MACHINIST
- MIKKELSEN, PETER, SEAMAN
- MILLER, GEORGE, SEAMAN
- MILLER, WILLIAM S., APPRENTICE, SECOND CLASS
- MOBLES, GEORGE, COCKSWAIN
- MOORE, EDWARD H., COAL PASSER
- MONAHAN, JOSEPH P., MARINE PRIVATE
- MONFORT. WILLIAM, LANDSMAN
- MORINIERE, LOUIS, SEAMAN
- MOSS, GERHARD C., MACHINIST, FIRST CLASS
- MOSS, JON H., LANDSMAN
- MUDD, NOBLE T., SEAMAN
- MURPHY, CORNELIUS, OILER
- NAGAMINE, TOMEKICHI, MESS ATTENDANT
- NIELSEN, SOPHUS, COCKSWAIN
- NEILSEN, JOHN C., SEAMAN
- NEWMAN, F. J., MARINE PRIVATE
- NEWTON, C. H., MARINE FIFER
- NOBLE, WILLIAM, FIREMAN, SECOND CLASS
- NOLAN, CHARLES M., GUNNER'S MATE, THIRD CLASS
- O'CONNOR, JAMES, CHIEF BOATSWAIN'S MATE
- O'HAGAN, THOMAS J., APPRENTICE, FIRST CLASS
- OHYE, MAS, MESS ATTENDANT
- O'NEILL, PATRICK, FIREMAN, SECOND CLASS
- ORDING, GUSTAV C., CARPETER'S MATE, THIRD CLASS
- O'REGAN, HENRY H., WATER TENDER
- PAIGE, FREDERICK, LANDSMAN
- PALMGREN, JOHN, SEAMAN
- PANCK, JOHN H., FIREMAN, FIRST CLASS
- PERRY, ROBERT, MESS ATTENDANT
- PHILLIPS, FRANCIS C., APPRENTICE, FIRST CLASS
- PILCHER, CHARLES F., ORDINARY SEAMAN
- PINKNEY, JAMES, MESS ATTEDNANT
- PORTER, JOHN, COAL PASSER
- POWERS, JOHN, OILER
- PRICE, DANIEL, FIREMAN, FIRST CLASS
- QUIGLEY, THOMAS J., PLUMBER AND FITTER
- QUINN, CHARLES P., OILER
- RAU, ARTHUR, SEAMAN
- REDEN, MARTIN, SEAMAN
- REILLY, JOSEPH, FIREMAN , FIRST CLASS
- RICHARDS, WALTER E., APPRENTICE, SECOND CLASS
- RICHTER, A. H., MARINE CORPORAL
- RIEGER, WILLIAM A., GUNNER'S MATE, FIRST CLASS
- RISING, NEWELL, COAL PASSER
- ROBERTS, JAMES H., MARINE PRIVATE
- ROBINSON, WILLIAM, LANDSMAN
- ROOS, PETER, SAILMAKER
- ROWE, JAMES, SHIP'S COOK, FOURTH CLASS
- RUSCH, FRANK, ORDINARY SEAMAN
- RUSHWAORTH, WILLIAM, CHIEF MACHINIST
- SAFFORD, CLARENCE E., GUNNER'S MATE, FIRST CLASS
- SALMIN, MICHAEL E., ORDINARY SEAMAN
- SCHOEN, JOSEPH, MARINE CORPORAL
- SCHROEDER, AUGUST, ORDINARY SEAMAN
- SCHWARTZ, GEORGE, SHIP'S COOK, FIRST CLASS
- SCOTT, CHARLES A., CARPENTER'S MATE, SECOND CLASS
- SCULLY, JOSEPH, BOILER MAKER
- SEERY, JOSEPH, FIREMAN, FIRST CLASS
- SELLERS, WALTER S., APOTHECARY
- SHEA, JEREMIAH, COAL PASSER
- SHEA, JOHN J., COAL PASSER
- SHEA, PATRICK J., FIREMAN, FIRST CLASS
- SHEA, THOMAS, LANDSMAN
- SHERIDAN, OWEN, FIREMAN, SECOND CLASS
- SHILLINGTON, JOHN H., YEOMAN, THIRD CLASS
- SIMMONS, ALFRED, COAL PASSER
- SMITH, CARL A., SEAMAN
- SMITH NICHOLAS J., APPRENTICE, FIRST CLASS
- STEVENSON, NICHOLAS, SEAMAN
- STOCK, H. E., MARINE PRIVATE
- STRONGMAN, JAMES, MARINE PRIVATE
- SUGISAKI, ISA, WARDROOM STEWARD
- SUMAN, E. B., MARINE PRIVATE
- SUTTON, FRANK, FIREMAN, SECOND CLASS
- SUZUKI, KASHITARA, MESS ATTENDANT
- TALBOT, FRANK C., LANDSMAN
- TEACKLE, HARRY, SEAMAN
- TEHAN, DANIEL J., COAL PASSER
- THOMPSON, GEORGE, LANDSMAN
- THOMPSON, T. G., MARINE CORPORAL
- THOMPSON, WILLIAM H., LANDSMAN
- TIGGES, FRANK B., COPPERSMITH
- TIMPANY, E. B., MARINE PRIVATE
- TINSMAN, WILLIAM H., LANDSMAN
- TODORESCO, CONSTANTIN, FIREMAN, FIRST CLASS
- TOPPIN, DANIEL G., WARDROOM COOK
- TROY, THOMAS, COAL PASSER
- TUOHEY, MARTIN, COAL PASSER
- TURPIN, JOHN H., MESS ATTENDANT
- VAN HORN, H. A., MARINE PRIVATE
- WAGNER, HENRY, MARINE FIRST SERGEANT
- WALSH, JOSEPH F., COCKSWAIN
- WALLACE, JOHN, ORDINARY SEAMAN
- WARREN, ASA V., MARINE PRIVATE
- WARREN, JOHN, FIREMAN, SECOND CLASS
- WATERS, THOMAS J., LANDSMAN
- WEBBER, MARTIN V., LANDSMAN
- WHITE, CHARLES O., CHIEF MASTER-AT-ARMS
- WHITE, JOHN E., LANDSMAN
- WHITE, ROBERT, MESS ATTENDANT
- WHITEN, GEORGE, SEAMAN
- WICKSTROM, JOHAN E., SEAMAN
- WILSON, ALBERT, SEAMAN
- WILSON, ROBERT, CHIEF QUARTERMASTER
- WILBUR, BENJAMIN R., COCKSWAIN
- WILBUR, GEORGE W., APPRENTICE, FIRST CLASS
- WILLIAMS, HENRY, CABIN COOK
- WILLIAMS JAMES, GUNNER'S MATE, THIRD CLASS
- WILLIS, ALONZO, APPRENTICE, SECOND CLASS
- WILLS, A. O. MARINE PRIVATE
- ZIEGLER, JOHN H., COAL PASSER
Bibliography:
Blow, John, personal correspondence with the editors.
Clerk of the Joint Committee on Printing, The Abridgement. Message From the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress. Vol. IV (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1899), p. 11-14.
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